Wednesday, August 20, 2014

FPPC Clears Alameda County Democratic Central Committee of Wrongdoing

ALAMEDA COUNTY | The California Fair Political Practices Commission, the government body that oversees campaign ethics, cleared the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee of violating the state's Political Reform Act.

“After completing our investigation, we found insufficient evidence of a violation of the Act, and we are closing our file on this matter,” said a letter from the FPPC, dated July 25.

During a meeting earlier this month, Alameda County Democratic Party Chair Robin Torello, announced news of the FPPC findings to its members, which was followed by a round of joyous cheers, according to those in attendance.

The FPPC’s investigation was reportedly triggered last April by a blog posted months before by central committee member Margarita Lacabe. In the article she alleged some committee members had entered into an earmarking scheme to mask donations from political action committees through the local party committee to endorsed candidates of the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee.

The investigation may come with some cost to the local party finances, in addition, to Lacabe. Local county officials suggest the roughly $8,000 in legal costs incurred by the central committee to defend itself is money taken away from prospective candidates this fall. One, incidentally, is Lacabe’s husband, Mike Katz-Lacabe, who is running for a seat on the San Leandro City Council.

Lacabe’s influence at the central committee, already limited, appears rock bottom. She did not attend the monthly meeting earlier this August and has been described as disruptive and argumentative since her election in 2010. In recent months, one committee colleague even moved to censure Lacabe for her behavior.

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Say what you want about Lacabe, but she did more than the entire Alameda County Democratic Central Committee to squash the comeback attempt by Mary Hayashi.Back in the 2012 Supervisors race and even in the State Senate race too many Democratic insiders sat by, unwilling to say much at all about Mary Hayashi and her criminal past.Seems everyone was afraid to say anything to upset Mary and her big campaign war chest.But for Lacabe's ongoing attempts to get the information and videos out to the public, we'd very likely still be dealing with Mary Hayashi as a senate candidate this November.

So she ruffles a few feathers. Thank goodness for someone upsetting the insular little club that has been the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee for decades.The group that gave us Nadia and the group that failed to call for Hayashi's resignation, EVEN after she had been convicted and was on probation.

Kick Marga Lacabe the fact-twisted bully off Alameda County Democratic Central Committee! We knew all about Mary Hayashi's past - Marga used Mary's old story hoped to milk the spot lights! Marga and Mike Katz are attention whores!

Why Marga Lacabe still jumping around loops and hoops not facing to the question of did she graduate from UC Hastings with a law degree? Did Mike Katz covered Marga's lie on her ballot statement to pretend lawyer and also lied on Smartvoters pretend Juris Doctor? Marga lied to whole Alameda county voters and the entire Alameda County Democratic Central Committee.

The ONLY reason the shoplifting videos of Mary Hayashi were all over the news in the past election was due to the efforts of Marga Lacabe.

YOU may have known about Hayashi's past, but tens of thousands of new voters in the redrawn senate district did not know about her. And by far the most effective forces in the campaign were put into play after every TV station got hold of, and ran the video on their news at 5:00 PM, 6:00 PM, 10:00 pm and 11:00 PM.

You can't buy that kind of coverage at any price. The release of those videos effectively knocked Hayashi out of the runoff.Say what you will, Marga Lacabe got that done while others sat on their hands.

Seems like people here just love the old boys club that liked the ways Alameda County politics were run for the past 40+ years.No one wants to upset anything in the club.Same folks who wouldn't say anything about Pete Stark even after he became a embarrassment.A local party whose ideas and ways are stuck in cement.Who can forget the forced Nadia candidacy...and the Central Committee going along with it.Quick... no one say anything bad.. stick with the clubs views or get out.

"Alameda County Democratic Party Chair Robin Torello, announced news of the FPPC findings to its members, which was followed by a round of joyous cheers, according to those in attendance."

The same "cheering" crowd that force fed Alameda County the candidacy of Nadia Lockyer....ONLY because Bill told them what to do.These people have nothing to be smug about. They have been lap dogs of complacency for decades. Crowning the likes of Pete Stark to be their leader for life.Frightened to say anything bad about Mary Hayashi even after her conviction.Nothing more than a little insiders club.

Even two years later they were gonna show Swalwell the "rookie" who was boss. That effort fell flat on its face.

They just don't like it when anyone upsets their tired patterns and cliques.

Marga Lacabe Katz should have to pay all legal costs for the Central Democratic Committee since she made the allegations. Both Marga the wannabe lawyer and her husband the wannabe council member are LIARS and BULLIES. They have proven over and over that they both lack smarts and class. How sad Marga lies, cheats and bullies and makes false accusations in her blog.If the Alameda County Central Democratic Committee EVER endorse Mike Katz Lacabe and or Marga Lacabe Katz I WILL change by party affiliation. The Central Democratic Committee should of taken a stand when Marga Lacabe Katz lied to voters claiming she was a lawyer. They should have seen the writing on the wall that more lies would follow.

Marga, Rather then posting comments here, why don't you clean your house. It looks like you haven't replaced the maid or gardener yet.City hall holding a meeting tonight, food being served. Pack the kids, hear it's another all you can eat. Tell Mike haven't heard if t-shirts will be available yet.

Clearly the nature of some posters here harkens back to the various forms of discrimination that San Leandro shamefully had in the 50's and early 60's.We thought the city had moved past that era, but now we see some posters employing the same sad tactics.Saying things you'd never say in any public forum where you would be known.

It's time Marga and Mike Katz to taste the same medicine that they have/had been full forced many people to swallow their bullying, belittling, and fabricated accusation toward anyone disagreed with them. Enough is enough!

Message is clear. Don't ever try to do anything to upset the existing group that controls Democratic Party politics in Central Alameda County politics.If you do, they'll come after you with all manner of charges and and claims.On the other hand, they'll gladly contort and distort the processes if one of the big whigs brings in their favorite family member and says "endorse her"....With that, they bow down and roll over.Left out of all of these games are the hard working people of Alameda County.

Marga, did any of these shamefully 50's and early 60's twist your arms to lie on ballot statement and Smartvoters? Mike Katz, why did you push and continue covering your wife's lies? Lacabe couples are desperate for fame and attention in regardless of those accusations by them could cost others with pains, sadness, and bitterness that's shamefulness!

The funny part of this "attack" thread, is that there are all of 9 people reading it, 7 of whom are already standing with their feet firmly in cement.Leaving 2 readers who might be influenced. Of course only one of those 2 lives in San Leandro.Thus, the battle over one vote... Massive effort to continue.Stay tuned.

1:59, I've written probably ALL of the posts you are suggesting are the work of Marga.I can assure you I'm not Marga. Just because someone doesn't take your inane accusatory fixation as the only truth, you assume it must be Marga.Further more, I've never met Marga or her husband.Even more, I don't live in San Leandro, but in a adjacent city.

You seem to live in your own little world that takes place almost entirely between your ears.No one who has been reading your obsessive rants for the past months thinks of you as anything other then mentally deranged.MW we allow because at least he comments on all manner of issues, though he does have a issue with all lawyers.But your obsession is much more severe and I'm certain you'd be classified as having some sort of psychological pathology.

Marga or Not, who do you think you're to use "WE ALLOW" MW to make his comments. Futhermore of fixation, was Marga obsessed with Mary Hayashi and should she classified as having some sort of psychological pathology? Double Standard!

In regard to the posts of 3:24PM and 3:39PM, I do not consider all lawyers to be scumbags and parasites. Since there are a small minority of lawyers who are decent human beings,

However, anyone who carefully checked out and studied the so called "legal profession," its "standards," and what it tolerates, promotes, and often glorifies - and also its higher than skyhigh rates of alcoholism and drug addition - would come to the realization that most lawyers, and let me emphasize but not all lawyers, are nothing more other than phonies, scumbags, professional pathological liars, and parasites.

And some of the most extreme stories I have had related to me concerning whether lawyers can be trusted, or whether the smartest thing to assume when dealing with lawyers is that most of the lawyers you will be dealing with will almost certainly be as sleazy as can be were told to me by other lawyers.

To give just one example of the "standards" of most lawyers, when the very first whistleblowers started to publicize the truth about Lance Armstrong and his use of performance enhancing drugs, LA had no problem finding scumbags with law licenses who were delighted to declare all out war against the whistleblowers and to become LA's co-conspirators in trying to destroy the whistleblowers' reputations, health, finances, and lives.

In other words on the remote chance they ever make me in charge of the United States court system, in most situations lawyers will not even be allowed in the courtroom and nor to participate in most aspects of cases, and including since virtually any high school dropout who was not severely mentally retarded, and being paid only ten dollars per hour, would be much more effective than most lawyers at producing the facts and the truth, and even though lawyers typically charge $200 to $1000 per hour.

In fact, I dare you to try to find even one high school dropout even a tiny bit as "talented" as lawyer Nadia Lockyer at getting virtually everything backwards, sideways, and upside or in general at acting severely mentally retarded.

And to further confirm the "standards" of the legal profession and the California State Bar, go to the CSB's website, and which is "calsb.org," and you will see that Nadia Lockyer is still in good standing with the CSB, since the totally corrupt CSB is not going to suspend or disbar any lawyer, and no matter how much of a drug addict and/or severely mentally retarded and/or a nonstop pathological liar, if that joker with a law license is politically connected.

Marga Lacabe is a double standard bully her husband Mike Katz is behind the scene supporting her bullying at anyone disagreed with them. Mike Katz will lose with almost no vote, just look at his campaign financial report.

There are so many more examples of Marga and Mike's disturbing opinions. For example, when the police conducted a sting on men that were having sex in the bathrooms at Marina park. Marga spoke during public comments at a City Council meeting stating that gay men needed places to have sex since there were no more "Tea rooms" available to them. Mike was there with her videotaping her every word. Disturbing! Our children need advocates that would see something wrong with adults having sex in a park bathroom that children use. It is about values and safety for our children and our City. Gay or straight- rent a hotel room!!

Marga spoke during public comments at a City Council meeting "should include offering with an open arms to these men are welcomed to her home at anytime, if necessary she might open up her kids' bedrooms for their conveniences"

I checked a variety of possible names and name combinations on the websites "calsb.org," "martindale.com," and "avvo.com," and which are all directories of lawyers, and none of them contained even one single name that sounded even slightly similar to the name of a certain character who is running for a seat on the SL School Board, and who has also tried to give the general public the impression that she has a J.D. from Hastings Law School.

And then it occurred to me that we should also check the local phone directories and see if any of them contain a listing for a lawyer by her name. In fact, let's ask her which city her law office is located in, its street address, and its phone number.

Let's ask her whether she would also be so kind as to give us a business card for her "law office," and with its address and phone number, and in fact a business card with her name on it and stating that she is a lawyer.

Perhaps she could also give us the names of some of the clients she has represented and/or collected fees during her time as a member of the "legal profession."

Let's ask her if she is also a member of the American Bar Association, and which is more commonly known as the ABA, and/or any other groups that are primarily composed of lawyers

Hastings Law School, and whose graduates include California Supreme Court justice Carol Corrigan, has all sorts of seminars and social activities that many of its graduates participate in. As a graduate of Hastings Law School, has MKL hobnobbed and associated with Carol Corrigan and many of the other graduates of Hastings.

The above is just a tiny morsel of the many interesting questions we could ask "lawyer" and Hastings Law School "graduate" Maggie Katz and Dogs.

In fact speaking of Maggie Katz and Dogs, does she consider herself to be extremely knowledgeable on the law, in other words does she consider herself to be a real legal beagle!!

Monikers of Marga hoping "allow MW" to make his comments will stop MW talking, it didn't work.

Immediately, Marga or not, will stab you, MW or anyone in the back the first time and anytime you disagree with their “opinion”. Mike Katz would have his crazy wife Marga uses deceit, omission, and straw-man arguments to make their “point”.

10:00 PM , Good for you to keep up the warnings.Clearly the readers here can see there is no greater danger to the future of San Leandro than Marga and Mike.Their power and influence has all of San Leandro on the very brink.A veritable in-house ISIS.

Clearly Mike Katz will lose his city council race. Now we all know Marga Lacabe never graduated from UC Hastings with a law degree. she lied on her ballot statement to pretend lawyer and lied a J.D. title on Smartvoters. Mike Katz campaigned her lies and still covering her lies. Their power and influence are full of lies.

No one is stopping the wannabes playing powerful and influence attention hungry couples. They may speak and comment like everyone else "is allowed". Powerful pretend lawyer Wife pimped wannabe council husband ponytail for a dime in exchange a moment milking spot light on stage.

12:44 --- Boy, you sure do spend a inordinate amount of time studying their hair style, clothing and body image.So often you make comments about such.When people do the same regarding children, we usually label them or arrest them. I guess its "OK" and "normal" to examine adults in the same way.

We should ask Maggie Katz and Dogs what year she supposedly "graduated" from law school, and such as for instance from Hastings Law School.

Since law school programs that lead to a J.D. usually take three years, and since Hastings is one of the most highly regarded, AND ALSO EXTREMELY OVERRATED,** "law" schools in the entire country, a high percentage of Hastings graduates go on to the bigger jobs in the legal profession, and such as for instance becoming judges and managing partners of major law firms, etc. etc, etc

Also, some of the Bay area's judges and leading members of major law firms teach part-time at Hastings in addition to their fulltime jobs as judges or practicing lawyers, etc.

I would like Maggie Katz and Dogs to provide us with lists of: one, some of the professors she had while she was a "student" at Hastings; and two, some of her fellow students that she took classes with who later went on to become judges and some of the Bay area's most prominent attorneys.

**NOTE: However, I will give Hastings credit for one thing. I am not aware of any law school in the entire country more "talented" than Hastings at incubating and cultivating an attitude among its students, professors, administrators, and deans that they are so extremely "intelligent," "superior," and "logical," that therefore they have the "right" to enforce an "improved" form of "free speech" for those whose opinions are contrary to the standard liberal lawyers' lies and garbage.

To give an example of the "superiority" of Hastings Law School graduates and their "strong commitment" to "free speech" and the First Amendment of the US Constitution, there was a major Bay area office building that for years was regularly secretly blowing invisible clouds of asbestos dust all over its tenants during its almost non-stop remodeling projects, since to control the asbestos dust and debris would have drastically increased the cost of those remodeling projects. In other words, the building's ownership and management decided to engage in slow mass murder against the tenants since it would increase their profits.

(The building's primary owner, and who was as politically connected as could be, was a close friend of most of the Bay area's big boys, and including Willie Brown, Jerry Brown, Dianne Feinstein, John Burton, Bill Lockyer, the Aliotos, and Walter Shorenstein, etc)

At least three lawyers who were Hastings Law School graduates took the position that a whistleblower should not be allowed to inform the tenants about the asbestos they were being secretly and illegally exposed to, since that would have upset and disturbed the tenants.

In other words if I was one of those parasites and scumbags with law licenses who had been "educated" at Hastings, I would do everything in my power to keep it a secret that I had ever had any association with Hastings, the incubator and training school for parasites far too sleazy and extreme mental retards far too stupid to give any respect to the First Amendment.

Whole family had a feast wrapped up the rest of the foods for later from Sunday church. Good question, Is this husband working full time since no other siblings are working in his household, has he been mooching off from taxpayers ever since his not real lawyer wife claimed legally crazy?

Since Mike Katz is running for city council nothing wrong with voters want to know the truth. Mike does run around town advertise himself as a computer expert. Is Mike Katz a full time working professional or is he a professional taxpayer moocher? Not helping Lacabes have a history and reputation of lying and pretending their professions.

Marga Lacabe lied about her profession in hopes of gaining a few more votes to get elected to the Alameda County Democratic Committee, then she is unethical. If she is unethical on the ballot box, guarantee she's unethical most of the times. Mike Katz campaigned for her joined his wife's unethical act. Now we want to know what Mike Katz real profession for living, pretend computer expert or professional moocher.

Yes, I guess the readers can see how you look at people.No wonder you never make accusations in publicHarkens back to San Leandro's ugly past when only certain people were wanted in the city.Nice for you to show your true colors in your seething hatred and discrimination.

Very Ironic, vivid and clearly his pretend lawyer wife "always" never miss a chance using racist accusation comments hope she can win her argument. FYI it doesn't work anymore, we see the real you from your track of records!

When she got her F from law school and flunked her bar exam NO PASS she probably /like always/ use her infamous racist accusations as her ultimate winning tool throw right at the professors and examiners hope getting a passing grade. Well, she lost them all!

Pauline Cutter took $4900 from Oakland Marijuana distributer Sara Ubelhart, the new owner of Zocalo coffee shop in San Leandro. Tim Holmes was former owner of Zocalo also Cassidy's 2010 campaign manager.

Sara Ubelhart and Dan Grace, who own Dark Heart Nursery which grows cannabis in Oakland recently took over San Leandro Zocalo coffee house with Mayor Cassidy pressured and pushed landlord to continue lease.

Zocalo new owner Sara Ubelhart host many campaign functions for Pauline Cutter and other candidates support Marijuana.

Cutter's campaign report on official site Sanleandro.org stated Sara Ubelhart gave her $2450 in Cash $2450 provide space and refreshment.

hey marga did you ask roaster Sara for donation? mike katz need it two years campaigning still under thousand buck. hear these clowns utilizing san leandro times letters to editor as their campaigning venue no freebies charge them

The one person defending Benny Lee's action, and there is only one, seems to forget Benny Lee was elected to represent San Leandro not Oakland. That was a reprehensible action on his part, as San Leandro lost many millions over the life of the contract and hundreds of jobs. In other words ----he screwed the city he represents.

Very few care that Sara Ubelhart gave money to Pauline Cutter because a majority of voters in California approve of medical marijuana and it's distribution. You are in the minority.

What they don't approve of is our Vice Mayor Benny Lee telling Oakland it's ok if they take MILLIONS of dollars and jobs away from San Leandro. What San Leandro voters don't approve of this same company's director threw a fundraiser for Diana Souza after taking jobs and millions away from our city.

What San Leandro voters don't approve of is flying the Chinese flag over city hall. Recall Benny Lee and don't vote for Souza for Mayor.

Demand Alameda County DA's office perform an investigation, audit immediately on Souza $1000 from garbage firm and Cutter $4900 from a San Leandro business owner has a big Marijuana operation in Oakland. Important Note: San Leandro council is currently working on medical marijuana dispensary ordinance.

Clearly Mike Katz will lose his city council race. Now we all know Marga Lacabe never graduated from UC Hastings with a law degree. she lied on her ballot statement to pretend lawyer and lied a J.D. title on Smartvoters. Mike Katz campaigned her lies and still covering her lies. They are full of lies.

The one person defending Benny Lee's action, and there is only one, seems to forget Benny Lee was elected to represent San Leandro not Oakland. That was a reprehensible action on his part, as San Leandro lost many millions over the life of the contract and hundreds of jobs. In other words ----he screwed the city he represents.

Very few care that Sara Ubelhart gave money to Pauline Cutter because a majority of voters in California approve of medical marijuana and it's distribution. You are in the minority.

What they don't approve of is our Vice Mayor Benny Lee telling Oakland it's ok if they take MILLIONS of dollars and jobs away from San Leandro. What San Leandro voters don't approve of this same company's director threw a fundraiser for Diana Souza after taking jobs and millions away from our city.

What San Leandro voters don't approve of is flying the Chinese flag over city hall. Recall Benny Lee and don't vote for Souza for Mayor.

The one person defending Mike Katz's action, and there is only one, seems to forget Mike Katz was elected to represent San Leandro schools and our children. That was a reprehensible action on his part go on national television against our SLPD, the city, public safety.

Many care that Zocalo new owner Sara Ubelhart also a huge Oakland marijuana distributor gave large donationn $4900 to Pauline Cutter because a majority of voters in San Leandro disapprove of medical marijuana and it's distribution.

What they don't approve of is Mike Katz and Marga's disturbing opinions and telling San Leandro it's ok men having sex in the bathroom at Marina park What San Leandro voters don't approve Mike advocates that nothing wrong with adult having sex in a park bathroom that children use.

And here in the city of Alameda, the Central Committee endorsed Stewart Chen, convicted of insurance fraud, while the local club did not endorse. Chen was convicted as part of an insurance fraud ring when John Garimendi was commissioner. He still maintains he did not do anything wrong and blames his office staff. So what Chen is saying he was innocent but the rest of the ring was guilty. Yes it was 20 years ago but come on Mr. Chen, at least accept responsibility.